Post Pregnancy Care There is a special life style and food habits for women to be followed up to 45 days after delivery.
Massage and special diet is very much emphasised, which helps the mother to regain her strength and vitality back and also sealing her from getting affected from other environmental factors because of the delicate constituition after delivery.
Her abdomen should be massaged in a specific pattern and wrapped properly with a big clean cloth. This is to compress the abdomen, to prevent vayu to from entering the system and produce vaat dosha.
The woman should be bathed with hot water or
put to lie in hot water tub everyday for an
hour comming out sweating and hot. The lady should also avoid anger, unnecessary excitement of senses, exercise and coitus. • The woman should be given alot of care, love and nice environment.
• She should be massaged daily for an hour with sesame seed oil on her back, sides and lower abdomen till sweating ensues.
• The abdomen should be tied with a bandage mostly for 45 days.
• She should be given a herbal tea infused with ghee, medicated with pippali, pippalimula, cavya, citraka, ginger, cumin seeds, saindhava and pepper.
• Castor oil should be administered if she is constipated. • She should take boiled and warm water.
• From 3rd or 4th day onwards, she should be given a bath preceded by oil massage.
• If a male child is born, the mother should be given Tila oil or Coconut oil and if a girl is born, the mother should be given ghee.
• Even if there are no complications, it takes six months after delivery for a lady to regain her normal health and strength.
She should Avoid
• Contact with any one with an active wound or an active disease
• Feelings of anger or sorrow
• Sleeping during the day
• Sex
• Traveling,
• Sitting posture for a long time
• Talking loudly
• Cooling measures like drinking cold water, application of sandalwood paste
• Exertion
• Exposure to breeze, to heat,
• Incompatible diet
She should follow all these above points for a period of six weeks. If she is weak or any complications occur, the same regime should be continued for a period of three months *********************************************** Apart from the above there are very good Homoeopathic medicines and mother Tinctures to aid you with fast recovery ..
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